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Self Control Quotes

    “The people with the best self-control are typically the ones who need to use it the least.  It’s easier to practice self-restraint when you don’t have to use it very often.  So, yes, perseverance, grit, and willpower are essential to success, but the way to improve these qualities is not by wishing you were a more disciplined person, but by creating a more disciplined environment.” ~ James Clear, Atomic Habits

      “Willpower is like a battery, at least in the short term.  If it is depleted, future challenges will falter.  This is a fundamental insight.  Self-control is not available around the clock.  It needs time to refuel.” ~ Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly

        “Freedom is born of self-discipline. No individual, no nation, can achieve or maintain liberty without self-control. The undisciplined man is a slave to his own weaknesses.” ~ Alan Valentine

          “It takes courage, of course, to step out of the fray, as it takes courage to do anything that’s necessary, whether tending to a loved one on her deathbed or turning away from that sugarcoated doughnut. And with billions of our global neighbors in crying need, with so much in every life that has to be done, it can sound selfish to take a break or go off to a quiet place. But as soon as you do sit still, you find that it actually brings you closer to others, in both understanding and sympathy. As the meditative video artist Bill Viola notes, it’s the man who steps away from the world whose sleeve is wet with tears for it.” ~ Pico Iyer, The Art of Stillness

            “The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and also a deeper awareness of how really dependent we are.” ~ Stephen Covey, The 8th Habit

              “Surely what a man does when he is taken off guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is.” ~ C.S. Lewis

                “Don’t fight with yourself.  Then you have one less enemy.  How can you control anyone else if you can’t control yourself?” ~ Chow Hung-Yuen

                  “Nothing external to you has any power over you.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                    “A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.” ~ Bruce Lee

                      “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.” ~ Buddha